"Tel on, (with-outë mor taryng,)
Wher lernystow al thy konnyng. [[konynge St., kunnynge Tib.]] "
¶ Sorcerye: [[Tib., St., erye, in margin C.]]
'Sothly, (as I rehersë kan,)
I lernede my konnyng off Sathan, [[An Illumination follows in Tib., of the Devil and four women, one with a long-headed rod, and an|other with a child in her arms.]]
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Wych halt hys scole nat hennys ffer,
And hath ydon ful [[ydone St.]] many A yer.
And to that scolë kome and gon,
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Off scolerys ful many [[scolars . . many a St., scolers . . many Tib., scolerys . . manyng C.]] on;
And he, aboue al maner thyng,
Ys ful glad off ther komyng.
And off that Art, in many wyse,
Ther, I ha [[haue Tib.]] lernyd the guyse.
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And offtë [[offte C., Tib., eft St.]] sythe (yiff thow lyst se,)
Ther, wyth othor scolerys be.'
¶ The Pylgryme: [[Tib., Pilgrim St., om. C.]]
"Tel on (and make no mor lettynge [[lettynge Tib. St. (C. burnt.)]] ) [folio 274a] [Tib folio 70b]
What gaff thow hym for thy kunnynge [[kunnynge Tib., conynge St.]] ?"
¶ Sorcerye: [[Tib., St., om. C.]]
'The trouthë, yiff I tellë shal,
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My soule I gaff hym, hool and al,
And forsook (by chaffaryng)
The werkys off the myghty kyng.
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And who that euere wyl do so,
And to that scole approche vn-to,
He may (yiff that I shal nat lye,)
ffyndë ther swych [[fynd . . suche St., ffynde . . swyche Tib.]] mercerye.'
¶ The Pylgryme: [[Tib., Pilgrim St., om. C.]]
"Thow hast (as I shal devyse,)
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Mad a shrewdë [[schrewyd Tib.]] marchaundyse,
To yeue [[yue C., ȝeue Tib.]] A thyng off gret noblesse,
Excellyng ek in worthynesse,
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And also off so [[so C., St., om. Tib.]] gret vertu,
ffor a thyng off no valu,
And (off trouthe and off resoun)
Most wyl [[vyle Tib., vyll St.]] off reputacïoun;
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ffor the wych, (I dar wel telle,)
